ECHO has provided this homeschool resource page as a way to help homeschooling parents and families. It is our hope that it directs you to valuable resources that are vital to your homeschool journey. We have tried to include websites that we feel are important for your student’s success. However, it is only a small portion of the information that is online. We will try to keep the page updated and current, but please don’t rely on this page for all the information that you may need. Please let us know if there is a problem or if you have any suggestions.

Homeschool Resources

*OCHEC defines the terms ‘home education’, ‘homeschooling’, and ‘home schooling’ exclusively as the privately-funded, home-based education and discipleship of children by their own parents or guardians. ​

Oklahoma Academic Standards serve as expectations for what students should know and be able to do by the end of the school year. These standards were written by Oklahomans for Oklahoma.The development, review, and revision process involves stakeholders throughout the state of Oklahoma and is an ongoing and critical component to ensuring Oklahoma students in every classroom receive current and relevant learning experiences.The goal is that all students be college and career ready upon graduation from high school.

Academics are the core of your student's high school experience, so you'll want to make sure he has a solid foundation. From drafting your initial high school plan, through selecting curriculum and testing options, to marking the end of your child's homeschooling journey with a transcript and diploma, helpful resources abound.

The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education was created in 1941 by a vote of the people that amended the state's constitution to provide for such a system.The state system is comprised of 25 colleges and universities – including two research universities, 10 regional universities, one public liberal arts university and 12 community colleges – and 11 constituent agencies and two university centers. The State System is coordinated by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, and each institution is governed by a board of regents.

For more than a hundred years, Oklahoma's system of career and technology education has been elevating the future of the state's citizens and industries by providing the training needed to achieve success in the workplace.

As part of the graduated driver license (GDL) program, the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS) requires new drivers younger than 15 1/2 years old to complete a driver's education program before applying for a learner's permit.You can choose between attending a commercial driving school, secondary school driver education course, or parent-taught driver education.If you are at least 16 years old, you do NOT need to take driver's education to apply for your permit. For more information on how to obtain your learner's permit,

Students must receive one time cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automatic external defibrillator (AED) instruction in a class of the district’s choosing.

CPR and AED curriculum must be developed by a provider using nationally recognized and evidence based guidelines and must include a psychomotor (hands-on) component.

Certification is not required but if certification is obtained the course instructor shall be authorized by an instructional program which is nationally recognized and is based upon the most current national evidence-based Emergency Cardiovascular Care guidelines of CPR and AED.

Heimlich Maneuver may also be offered in Physical Education class.

CPR education does not need to cover all victim sizes (adult/child/infant).